SOCIAL HAPPENINGS
BETHEL CHURCH NEWS
Second Quarterly Conference
The Second Quarterly Con
ference of the Central District
of the A.M.E. Church was held
at Bethel A.M.E. Church, Mon
day, March 9, at 8 p.m. The
session was opened with devo
tion led by the Rev. L. S. Penn,
Sr., Pastor of the church. Fol
lowing the devotion, Rev. Penn
presented the Presiding Elder,
Dr. C. C. Scott who conducted
the Conference.
During the business session
reports from all organizations,
Boards and departments were
read and approved by the Con
ference. The Presiding Elder
had much praise for the church,
and remarked that "the church
is in good shape."
Mrs. Maude Edwards will at
tend the Central District Con
ference to be held in Graham,
N. C. at Wayman A.M.E. Chap
el March 12 and 13.
Mr. Comey Enzlow was elect
ed delegate to attend the annual
Conference to be held at St.
Paul A.M.E. Church in Raleigh,
N. C. next November.
An impressive memorial ser
vice was held for the deceased
members of the church during i
the quarter. Mr. E. E. Nance j
spoke in behalf of Mrs. Millicent
Anderson Keene; Mrs. Elizabeth
Wallington spoke in behalf of
Mrs. Bessie Avery, and Mrs.
Eva Slappy spoke in behalf of
Miss Irene Martin. Rev. Penn
added remarks for all three.
The song, "Shall We Gather At
The River?" closed the me
morial service. The Conference
was closed with the Mispah.
Evangelistic Services
We regret that due to illness
Dr. G. H. J. Thibodeaux may
not be able to conduct our Evan
gelistic services which will be
gin at 11:00 a.m. Sunday, Mar.i
15, and will continue each even
ing at 7:30 p.m.. through March
19. Union Ministers will help us
carry on these services. You
are cordially invited to worship
with us during the week.
Annual Tea
The Winnie Lewis Missionary
Circle of Bethel A.M.E. Church
will sponsor their annual St.
Patrick's Tea Sunday, March 15,
in the Fellowship Hall of the
Church beginning at 1:00 p.m.
All are invited to sip tea with
this group. Donation ? 50c.
Easter Sunrise Service
The three choirs of Bethel ?
the Senior Choir, the Gospel
Choir and the Youth Choir ?
will present an Easter Program
during the Sunrise service at
5:30 a.m., Sunday morning,
March 29.
The annual Breakfast will fol
low the service which is being
sponsored by the Emmaus Trav
elers ? Men's Club of Bethel.
An Easter program will be
presented by the Bethelites and
other youth of the church at
5:00 p.xn.
Men's Day ? Palm Sunday i
Sunday, March 22, is Men's j
Day at Bethel ? Palm Sun-j
day ? Dr. John A. Middleton,
President of Morris Brown Col
lege, Atlanta, Ga., will be the
speaker at 11:00 a.m. Messrs Q.
H. Holt and Artis Boddie will
serve as co-chairmen for the
event.
Easter Flowers
The Floral Club of Bethel is
asking members to let us use
your Easter flowers to help dec
orate the Fellowship Hall for
Easter Sunday. Bring your
flowers to the church Saturday
evening between 5 and 6 p.m.
Be sure your name is placed on
the bottom of the container for
identification purposes. You may
pick up your flowers following
the 5:00 p.m. Easter program on
Sunday, March 29. Thank you
in advance.
A Prayer for TJiose Who Mourn
The Colson Sc Faulkner families
"God of compassion, who
alone canst heal the broken
hearted and save the crushed in
spirit, most fervently we pray
that all who mourn may know
thy saving held in all its full
ness. Help us with sensitive and
tender hearts to share their sor
row and to do the little things
that may assure them of our
deep concern and ease the pain
ful stress of troubled days. Give
to the hurt ones courage, Lord,
according to thy promise, that
they may not withdraw from
life and spend their days In
grieving memories. And help
them in this confidence to seek
out others who need the under
standing sympathy that only
grief can teach. Turn their
thoughts, O Lord, from mourn
ful dwelling on their sorrows
and themselves, and grant that
all our sorrows may be turned
to joy in thee." Amen.
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Straw is widely applied in the
fall as a through- the- winter
mulch. The use of bark chunks
is becoming more widespread,
aa bark is not only beneficial
as a mulch, it's decorative as
welL C
; A good mulch benefits the
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cons; and it insulates against
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Social Security News
Q ? I have a service-connect
ed disability which recently be
came worse, necessitating the
amputation of my right leg.
Would I now be eligible for the
$1,600 payment toward purchase
of an especially adapted auto
mobile from VA?
A ? Yes, providing your ser
vice-connected disability was in
curred or aggravated during
World War II or the Korean
Conflict. You may also be en
titled il your disability is re
lated to service after Jan. 31,
1955, and was incurred as a di
rect result of the performance
of active duty.
Q ? What is the Modified
Life Plan which is available
to holders of National Service
Life Insurance policies?
A ? This is a plan of insur
ance providing a lifetime level
premium that is lower than
permanent plans. It avoids the
periodic premium increases of
term insurance. The face amount
is reduced to one-half at age 65
when insurance needs usually
decline. It must be applied for
before the veteran reaches in
surance age 61, which is six
months after his 60th birthday.
Q ? How many semester
hours are required for full time
training in graduate school?
A ? An accredited graduate
course will be considered full
time when 14 semester hours or
the equivalent are taken unless
it is the established policy of
the school to consider less than
14 hours or the equivalent as
full time enrollment. A school
official must so certify.
Q ? I have a G.I. loan on my
home. I want to borrow money
on my equity in the home for
my children's college education.
Is it necessary to obtain the ap
proval of the Veterans Admini
stration for such a loan?
A ? No. However, a G.I. loan
cannot be obtained for this pur
pose.
Q ? My brother received an
honorable discharge from his
Korean Conflict service. He la
ter received a bad conduct dis
charge from his Post-Korean
service. Does this bar him from
all veteran benefits?
A ? No. Benefit entitlement
earned during your brother's
honorable wartime service is un
distrubed by his subsequent
Post-Korean service provided
there was a break between the
two service period^.
As far as the bad conduct dis
charge "is concerned, the Vet
erans Administration will de
termine, after a review of the
facts, whether the discharge was
under conditions which would
preclude benefit entitlement.
Q ? Does the Government
pay a medal of honor winner
anything for winning this hon
or?
A ? Yes. He receives $100 a
month for this upon written
application.
Q ? I was recently separated
from the Army after having
served four years. I got my high
school diploma while I was on
active duty. I wanted to start
college this fall but the school
I applied to would not accept.
Me. Can the VA exert any pres
sure so that I can be accepted?
A ? We are sorry, but the VA
cannot Influence the officials of
any school as to their acceptance
or nonacceptance of a student
More than one and a third
million Americans and one mil
lion of their dependents have
learned they can count on So
cial Security ? not just when
they retire, but to help see them
through misfortune NOW. They
have one thing in common: ser
ious sickness or accident has
caused them untold hardship.
Some are ex-servicemen whose
wounds disabled them. Some are
workers who never missed a
day of work until sickness or ac
cident struck them down. Some
are children whose father or
mother suddenly became dis
abled. Each receives a monthly
disability check from Social Se
curity.
In emphasizing the disability
provisions of social security to
day, Charles H. Myers, Greens
boro District Social Security
Manager said: "When Social Se
curity began nearly 35 years ago
it was only a program for re
tirement. But now it's a lot more
than that. It has been improved
to cover more and more in
stances of unforseen catastrophe
which strike the young as well
as the old. Disability is just one
of these instances. When you
are talking about social security,
you're talking about something
to be counted on NOW. And
when you're thinking about life
time protection, you're thinking
about social security."
Myers urged individuals who
have questions about various
parts of the Social Security pro
gram to contact the Social Se
curity office to get proper and
timely information. Asking a
friend or neighbor who is a
beneficiary for information
about Social Security is not al
ways wise because the facts in
each case are not necessarily
the same. The people in the So
cial Security office at 324 W.
Market St. will be glad to be of
assistance.
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